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Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 13:10:57 -0500

Happy to as I run across something. Have a great 2003
Fred Harris
On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 11:25:03 -0600 "Glen Sedrick"
<> writes:
> Fred,
> Thank you for doing this. I'm looking for the surname SEDRICK if you
> happen
> to come across it.
> You never know where a connection may be made.
> Glen
>
> http://www.sedricks.com
> http://www.butlercogenealogy.com
>
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> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 11:02 AM
> To:
> Subject: [MARION COUNTY, IN] Explanation/Response & Further News
> articles
>
>
> Thank you all for your gracious responses to my fledgling attempts
> to put
> on the net all of these old newspaper articles that I have
> inherited. (I
> just wish they were in condition to scan). Several of you have not
> only
> responded, but asked about your "brick walls". PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO
> SO!
>
> But you need to understand, there are literally more than a few
> hundred
> of these articles and they are in big scrapbooks in NO ORDER, OR NOT
> BY
> FAMILY! They are just my wonderful Great Aunt's collections over
> her
> lifetime. They relate to my HARRIS family, but they may be just
> friends
> in some cases, or cousins 3, 4 or 5 times removed. And, once in a
> while,
> they are in my direct line which are HARRIS' that originated in
> Germany
> and came over during the Rev. War and then settled in Mifflin Cty.,
> PA.,
> for a while before then migrating to Tusc. Cty., OH and staying for
> a
> generation and then ending up in central and southwestern IN. (And
> of
> course going "everywhere " from there.
>
> So, please continue to send your inquires as convenient, and I will
> do my
> best to keep you emails for when I run across an article that
> relates to
> your question and then recontact you? (I hope)! I also hope that I
> will
> get some new leads also!! Thanks for your help and understanding.
>
> FRED HARRIS
>
> "FAMILIAR NAMES"
>
> "Cornettsville in 1888 was a thriving business town and many of the
> business men have names familiar to people now living in the
> county-among
> listings under Cornettsville Business References were-JN Killion,
> Contractor., Rolen Cloe, Painter; Elijah Tomey, Attorney; Samuel
> Clinton,
> Attorney; Elmer E Hastings, Teachers; John A Hastings, Justice of
> the
> Peace and Grocer; CW Freeman, blacksmith; Alfred S Meyers,
> contractor.
>
> "ODON BUSINESS REFERENCES"
>
> "Ezra Mattingly, Principal of Odon Schools; WJ Johnson, teacher &
> minister; LM Courtney, minister; Howard Crooke, attorney; Joseph D.
> Laughlin, attorney; Wm. H McCarter, township trustee; John Dearmin,
> MD;
> Barton Sears, MD; SF Harris, MD (my GG uncle); Steve o Culmer, MD;
> JB
> Crooke, teacher; WL Stoy, publisher of Odon Weekly Journal and
> manager
> and proprieter of the Opera House.
> Abraham & Danner, hardware store owners; JM Crooke, Dry Goods;
> George D
> Abraham, Dry Goods, Harnesses and Saddles; Harvey Smiley
> manufacturer of
> drain tile and brick;ED, SL and FW Jacobs, contactors; Redman &
> Chinn,
> Contractors; Wm Dearmin, Contractor; Hitchcock & Winklepleck,
> Hardware
> dealers; Dunlap and Pershing, lumber dealers; JB Crooke, proprietor
> of
> Odon House; BJ Smiley, livery & feed; Regia Overton, livestock
> dealer;
> and Wm Seneff, farmer."
>
> "OBITURARY"
>
> "Mrs. Ann Seneff, wife of Wm. Seneff, of this place, died Tuesday
> morning
> at 1:00 at the home of her son, Dr. JH Seneff in Dubois County of
> complications of disease. Mrs. Seneff was 63 years of age, a good
> Christian lady, having lived a member of the UB Church 35 years,
> and an
> indulgent mother. The funeral services will be led at 10:30 Sunday
> morning by Rev John Breden. The remains were buried Tuesday in
> Dubois
> County. The deceased leaves a husband, seven daughters, two sons
> and a
> host of friends."
>
>
>
>
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